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hittman

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    Good tip! I just learned how to do that. A small flat rate box would cost $7.90 instead of $8.45. So that's good to know if you sell goods/services with PayPal. I wonder if it works if/when you receive money sent to friends/family to avoid the PP fees?

    You can ship using your paypal account on their site without it being a purchase or sale. I use paypal shipping anytime I send someone something via usps.
     

    AvaOrchid

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    You can ship using your paypal account on their site without it being a purchase or sale. I use paypal shipping anytime I send someone something via usps.
    I always kind of wondered how come like packages that I ship out for people are so much more expensive than the packages that people are shipping me I mean I guess it's not that more expensive It's a couple bucks though sometimes. My cats destroyed my printer at my old house but I don't think they're do that here because we could put it behind glass maybe it's time to get one That's how you put the label on right?
     

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    You can ship using your paypal account on their site without it being a purchase or sale. I use paypal shipping anytime I send someone something via usps.


    Hittman's right, and that's why I provided the direct link to the paypal shipping link in my initial post about it. Not just to use it, but to test it out and compare the prices yourself.

    PP isn't the only shipping provider online where you can buy shipping at commercial rates, but IMHO it's the most convenient if you have a PP account, and you don't need to pay a monthly fee or any service fee. Just have to have a printer and a pp account.
     

    MikeE3

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    There is no fee on buying postage and it is handy, however, I've never sent or received money where one party did not end up coughing up PayPal's piece of the action ..

    See below as to what UncleJunkle said ...

    ..... Also no fee for receiving money using "Send to a friend" function (formerly friends and family function) ....

    You can ship using your paypal account on their site without it being a purchase or sale. I use paypal shipping anytime I send someone something via usps.

    I'll have to go backwards and look for UncleJunkle's post where he said there's a link to using PP for postage even for non-sale of goods/services. I look on trying to do it earlier today when I was 'testing' PP for transactions where I sold something, but didn't see how to navigate just to buy and print a postage label.
     
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    Thanks, I got it from your original post. Then I googled how to find it on Paypal. 3 different hits gave the same link and said bookmark it, because it's difficult to find on the PP website. Indeed, I could not find it but it surely is bookmarked now. Thanks
     
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    I did get a order in for coils. Are they slow on processing orders?
    I placed an order with Avail on Monday the 15th. This eve, it still shows as processing. I have gotten all the rest of my orders from various vendors within 3 days. Starting to get a little worried. Maybe the Lucid mods were too good a deal that day? Their sale price has gone up considerably since then.
     

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    I placed an order with Avail on Monday the 15th. This eve, it still shows as processing. I have gotten all the rest of my orders from various vendors within 3 days. Starting to get a little worried. Maybe the Lucid mods were too good a deal that day? Their sale price has gone up considerably since then.
    Same day I ordered. I was hoping for a shipping email.
     

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    I just sent them a message through their web site. I'll call them Tuesday if I don't hear anything or get a shipping email.
    I'm still waiting on my Lucid mods from them. Someone in the Random DIY thread said they're backed up with all the orders they received. I've ordered from them before and never had any problems.
     
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    I placed an order with Avail on Monday the 15th. This eve, it still shows as processing. I have gotten all the rest of my orders from various vendors within 3 days. Starting to get a little worried. Maybe the Lucid mods were too good a deal that day? Their sale price has gone up considerably since then.
    I placed an order on the 13th, then the 15th, and they combined them into one shipment that arrived today. No Lucids in my order though. Glad you contacted them but I expect all is well, just slow. A gang of ECFers descending on a site can overwhelm them!
     

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    I placed an order with Avail on Monday the 15th. This eve, it still shows as processing. I have gotten all the rest of my orders from various vendors within 3 days. Starting to get a little worried. Maybe the Lucid mods were too good a deal that day? Their sale price has gone up considerably since then.


    Same day I ordered. I was hoping for a shipping email.

    I too ordered on Moday and haven't gotten a shipping notice. I'm sure they are overwhelmed. I also noticed that their prices went up, but they now have a coupon, save30. So it about evens out in the end.
     
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    One thing like I can't answer anything about the shipping my order is supposed to be here tomorrow that I ordered on Friday anyhow it is very normal for them to do a flash sale and then once it's over raise the prices right back up. This is what they have done at least 3 times since I've been following them a year. They have these flash salesthat make you think they're either going out of business or they're offloading inventory and then it turns out that they still have inventory that goes back to the normal price lol
     

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    One thing like I can't answer anything about the shipping my order is supposed to be here tomorrow that I ordered on Friday anyhow it is very normal for them to do a flash sale and then once it's over raise the prices right back up. This is what they have done at least 3 times since I've been following them a year. They have these flash salesthat make you think they're either going out of business or they're offloading inventory and then it turns out that they still have inventory that goes back to the normal price lol
    Their timing sure was sweet for what were possibly my last orders. It's not often a great deal includes multiple things I really like. Thanks again for hunting and sharing!
     

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    Madvapes has the Swag I kit on clearance for 19.99.
    Vaporesso Swag Kit | Madvapes

    Not really bargain bin but considering that every place I have seen that's selling this kit or mod is selling it for a lot more than the Swag II mod and kit, it's an OK price for someone that's looking for that specific mod.

    Here's their clearance section order by price ascending. Take a look around.
    Clearance | Madvapes
     

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    Madvapes has the Swag I kit on clearance for 19.99.
    Vaporesso Swag Kit | Madvapes

    Not really bargain bin but considering that every place I have seen that's selling this kit or mod is selling it for a lot more than the Swag II mod and kit, it's an OK price for someone that's looking for that specific mod.

    Here's their clearance section order by price ascending. Take a look around.
    Clearance | Madvapes
    I had to look. Out of stock on every color.
     
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